Hat sweat band



Allg- 17, 1937- A. c. UNDERHILL 2,090;317

HAT SWEAT BAND- Fl-ed June 6, 1935 www;

Patented Aug. 17, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HAT SWEAT BANDApplication' June 6, 1935, serial No. 25,197

2 Claims.

This invention relates to hat sweat-bands and has for its object toprovide la sweat-band which will give comfort to the wearer, and at thesame time prevent the perspiration from entering the 5 hat.

'Ihe sweat-band now most generally used has a threaded portion which isso arranged that it bruises the wearer, and at the same time permits theperspiration to pass from the head to 10 the hat along the threads andthrough the holes made in the band by the threads. Furthermore, as theband rests against the rim edge of the hat,

a hardness results, which is not comfortable to the wearer. My inventionovercomes these ob- 15 jectionable features.

Another object of the invention is to provide a sweat-band of leather orthe like with an attaching edge adapted to be stitched to the inner sideof a hat above the usual moisture-proof 2O bead and which is providedwith an inwardly curved or pressed portion adjacent the attaching edgeadapted, when the band is turned up into the crown of the hat, toyieldingly urge the band by its inherent resiliency inwardly away 25,from the attaching edge and into position above the moisture-proof beadto form a relatively wide bend or cushion to engage the head and spacethe band from said edge and its stitching; thereby preventingperspiration from following 30 along the stitches or threads andproviding a soft and yieldable Contact between the sweatband and thehead.

An embodiment of my invention will be hereinafter described and shown inthe drawing and 35 finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing:-

Figure 1 is a sectional View of a portion of a hat, with my improvedsweat-band applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a detail sectional view of the sweatband.

Figure 3 is a detail sectional View of the reed and oil cloth or othermoisture-proof strip employed.

Figure 4 is a sectional view of the sweat-band and the moisture-proofstrip joined together before folding.

Figure 5 is a like View, but with the sweat-band turned over.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary inside perspective view of Figure 5, and

Figure 7 is a fragmentary sectional view of the machine used to givethey sweat-band a special curvature, prior to it being applied to thehat.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughoutthe various views Referring now to the drawing, the usual and well knownsweat-band Ill of leather or the like is shown in Figure 2 and the knownmoistureproof strip II of oil cloth or the like enveloping the reed I2to form the usual moisture-proof bead is shown in Figure 3. These twoknown parts are joined together by stitching I3, as shown in Figure 4,and then the leather or sweat-band leather band I is bent over, Vasshown in Figure 5, leaving an attaching edge I4 secured iiat against themoisture-proof strip I I.

It will be noted that the stitching I3 is placed through the attachingedge I4 of the sweat-band I0 and also above the reedIZ of themoistureproof strip II in such a way that when the sweat-band I0 is bentover, the reed enclosing portion of the moisture-proof or oilcloth stripIIY forms a bead which projects below the curved l bent over portion Ilof the sweat-band. This is clearly seen in Figure and is important, andis particularly illustrated by the lines I5 and I6 of Figure 1; the lineI5 indicated the level of the bead having the reed I2 therein and theline I6 indicating the level of the sweat-band bent over portion I1.

According to this invention the bend or curved lower portion of thesweat band I0 is relatively broad or wide to provide a substantialcushion for yieldingly engaging the head and also for spacing thesweat-band inwardly from the stitches I3. To effect this the lowerportion of the sweatband is provided with an inherentk tendency orresiliency to arch inwardly at a point adjacent tothe attaching edge I4so that when the sweatband Ill is turned up into the hat, as shown inFigure l, the inherent spring action of the lower portion of the bandtends to draw the bend I'I inwardly inward from the stitches I3 so thatthe bend is broadened and provides the necessary cushion.

This inherent bend or arching of the sweatband I0 may be accomplished inthe manner shown in Figure 7 and wherein` the assembled and folded oversweat-band and moisture proof strip are subjected to the rolling actionbetween rotatable dies I8 and I9. The cylindrical die member I3 has aperipheral grooved portion 20 terminating at one side in the shoulder 2|and terminating at its other side in an outstanding flange or edgeportion 22. The assembled and folded sweat-band I0 and moisture-proofstrip I I are placed upon the cylindrical die I8 with the overturnedattaching edge I4 of the sweat-band adjacent the ange 22 of the diemember I8 ffl so that the portion of the sweat band adjacent the bend II is fitted in the groove 20 and the adjacent portion of themoisture-proof strip I I is brought into engagement with the exposedside of the sweat-band. The opposite die member I9 is of roller formmounted upon a shaft 23 which engages the flange 22 for limiting theapproach of the die members I8 and I9 toward each other. This is for thepurpose of preventing the crushing or compression of the sweat-band Iand the moisture-proof strip II beyond a predetermined extent. The diemember I9 has a suitably rounded peripheral por-- tion corresponding tothe recess so as to roll the sweat-band and its strip in the recess 20and impart the desired inherent springing or bowing tendency to thesweat-band.

The moisture-proof strip II is secured by stitching 24 or the like tothe body portion 25 of a hat so that the water-proof strip I I is drawnby the stitching 24- into flat engagement or contact against the innerside of the crown of the hat and with the beaded portion of the stripprojecting downward. The sweat-band is upset as shown in Figures 1 and5, and due to the action of the roller shown in Figure 7, the leather orthe like cf which the sweat-band is composed, is given a bulged portionwhereby the sweat-band as shown by 26 extends outwardly from the hatcrown. It will be noted that the sweat-band I U as shown in Fig. 5before the action of the roller is closed to the waterproof lining I Ior parallel therewith, whereas in Figure 1 the sweat-band has thetendency to stay away from the hat, due to the upset portion I'I andinherent action of the leather after having beenr acted upon by therollers. This inherent resiliency and mounting of the sweat-band thusprovides the soft yieldable and gripping cushion for engaging the headso that the hat will be comfortable to wear.

It will also be noted that the bend I'I extends directly inwardly fromthe stitches I3 and inwardly of the hat crown and of its juncture withthe brim. YAlso the bend II is spaced above the water-proof bead asshown by the spaced level lines I5 and I6 in Figure 1, the bead I2 beingsubstantially at the juncture of the crown and brim.

It `will be noted that the pressure ofthe roller I9 upon the leather orother type of sweat-band I0 forms a decided curvature in the sweat-bandas shown at 26 in Figure .-7 but, due to the inherent resiliency ofthesweat-band, this curvature gradually smooths itself out and resolvesthe resiliency into pulling strains upon the bend II to give the softcushioning effect inv the wearing of the hat. At the same time, the beadof the water-proof strip cannot come into contact with the wearers headas it is not only below the sweat-band but is spaced an appreciabledistance from the head by the wide bend or cushion II. The perspirationfrom the head therefore cannot enter the fabric orv material of the hatand thus the hat is protected and the soft and clutching effect on thehead is obtained.

The stitching 24 which passes through the crown of the hat and the twosuperposed layers of the strip, is placed as shown in Figure 1, somewhatabove the juncture of the crown and brim, and by reason thereof, thebead within the two layers of the strip, and the bent portion of thesweat-band are enabled to be moved inwardly of the hat, around the pivotformed by the stitching 24. It has been found that this freedom ofmovement gives an advantage in the use of the improvement when appliedto the hat.

It is obvious that various changes and modi-- vcations may be made inthe details of construction and design of the above specificallydescribed embodiment of this invention without departing from the spiritthereof, such changes and modications being restricted only by the scopeof the following claims:

What is claimed is:-

1. 'Ihe combination with a hat having a crown and a brim, of asweat-band including a, leather band member and a moisture-proof stripbent upon itself and enclosing a reed forming a bead, stitchingextending through said leather band member near one edge thereof andthrough the overlying portions of the strip at a point adjacent to thebead, the leather band member being turned over on itself directlyagainst and along the line of said stitching to form a loopshapedportion above the bead and to enable said leather member to form adouble-ply `directly adjacent to and above the bead, said leatherbandmember above saidfdouble-ply portions extending upwardly substantiallyparallel with thevv crown of the hat, and stitching extendingthrough thestrip and the crown at ar point spaced upwardly from the bead and at apoint spaced upwardly from the loop-shaped portion of said leather-bandmember. v

2. The combination with a hat having a crown and a brim, of a sweat-bandincluding a leather band member and-a moisture-proof strip bent uponitself and enclosing a reed forming a bead, stitching extending throughsaid leather band member near one edge thereof and through the overlyingportions of the strip at a point adjacent to the bead, the leather bandmember being turned over on itself directly against and along the lineof said stitching to form a loopshaped portion above the bead and toenable said leather member to form a double-ply directly adjacent to andabove said bead, said leather band member extending beyond said doubleply por-1 tions substantially parallel with the crown of the hat,stitching extending through the strip and the crown at a point spacedupwardly from the loop-shaped portion, and a rolled portion in theleather-band member closely adjacent to the bent portion tending tobulge the leather-band member inwardly of the crown above the beadandabove the loop-shaped portion formed by the double-ply portions, therolled portion extending from the bead inwardly and disposed. betweenthe head of the wearer and the bead, to prevent contact of the head withthe bead.

ALFRED C. UNDERHILL.

